Month: March 2020
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Myrmecodomatia
(Of domatia) believed to be visited or inhabited by ants.
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Myrmecochory
Dispersal of seeds or other diaspores by ants.
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Myrmecochorous
Dispersed by ants.
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Myophilous
Being pollinated by flies.
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Mycotrophic
Refers to vascular plants that obtain some or all of their nutrition from the substrate through mycorrhizal fungi.
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Mycorrhizal
With symbiotic fungi in or on the roots.
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Mycorrhiza
Symbiotic fungi in or on the roots. A symbiotic relationship between a plant root and soil fungus. The symbiotic association of fungal mycelium and the root tips of trees or other plants.
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Mutualism
Association between two organisms that is beneficial to both. The cohabitation of two or more organisms in an association that is mutually beneficial, symbiosis. The intimate but not necessarily obligatory association between two different species of organism in which there is mutual aid and benefit. A form of symbiosis in which organisms of two different…
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Muticous
Blunt, without a point.
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Mutation
A change in genetic material, often resulting in a character change (e.g. a morphological or chemical change) in a taxon or subset of a taxon. A change in hereditary constitution that causes genetically transmissible permanent differences. May occur spontaneously or may be induced by such agents as high-energy radiation. A permanent structural alteration in DNA.…